delumbo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dē-lumbo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [lumbus], to lame in the loins (very rare).

I Lit.: quadrupede delumbata, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 36. —

B Transf. to vend : radices delumbatae, Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 109: lacunaria curva ad circinum delumbata, bent into an arch , Vitr. 6, 3, 9.—*

II Trop., to weaken, enervate : sententias (with concīdere), * Cic. Or. 69 fin..; cf. delumbis.

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